Daily Republican., 1887-01-27

A Town Long Asleep Bozinnisg to
waks Up.

Town Long asleep Boifnniag to
wake Up. n
Stanton standh on high emiuence st
the junction OF White and Red Clay
creeks, most admirably locstsa for
pleasant residences and for man a fac.
turing facilities. Bot few towns ip IL 0
State have the advantages that Stanton
has. and yet there are none that have
neglected 10 improve those advantages
Al Stanton has.
The p. w. b B. Railroad, a great
trunk line road, runs but three quar-.
terra Of mile from the heart OF the
village aud yet 1t failed 70 infuse pro-
greesive life into the apparently sleepy
town. No better water powers can be
found than is afforded by the creeks
named. Red Olsy Greek is n vigable
for lighters and small schoorerB up TO
ratnslps houring mill site Ut zrly 1t
the centre of the town
This mill, one of the Oldest Touring
mills In the 6iste and at one time the
centre Of a large trade. is now in ruins
| from Are that occurred aboat a year
ago. The water power, however. Ia still
there and It 10 one of the best In the
country. Such . place cGDaot % left
long In neglect. 1t Ia said that par ties
{ ru already ne egotiating for the erection
Of large mAnufectorise on the old lite.
| IL will be u glad sight to tho Nsanton
people TO see new mills rise up ? 6nix
| like from the ashps of the past.
| Stanton has an old history. T 10 old
Etone house standing Ia the oei tre OF
the village, once the leading il )tel OF
the country, antedates the reyo' nslon,
fand like al old public houses in the
country Is said at one time TO have been
the resting place Of General Wishing.
ION while lie as watching thq landing
lot the British at Elk River, and - they
Ispread over the country on their way 10
Chadds Ford, where they found that
Americans could not only fight bat die
in defence Of their country.
Could the walls of this old towering
stone building speak out what tales
IcOuld be told OF olden times, Of merry
good cheer, when jolly host and good
atured guests exchanged tales, that
often thrilled the blood. Attached to
this ancient bui ding are four or mose
acres OF land, now ready TO be stsked
of In building lots. These are the irst
building lots offered for sale In Stanton
for many year, and the sentiment has
been that St4 njon could not improve as
.here were no building lots for sale.
This excuse will exist no longer. Prom
thirty to forty building lots are now
for sale.
Stanton will now have . chance to
spread herself The village lies ahou,
midway between KisInepsi and the p.
W. q B. depot, at each end Of which
places the Kiamensi Woolen Mills Com
pany have large manufaclories. Ed
ward CrADston Also has q woolen mill
near the centre OF the village, turned
by the waters Of White Clay Greek.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad rune
back OF the village about three quarter
OF mile. Thus, with two main trunk.
line railroads skirting 1t, wooden manu-.
factories near each end Of 1t, another
wooden mill near the centre, and .
great water pswer In front n It, Stan.
ou must upring into new life. The vii
iage contains rome thirty or forty
dwellings, plain but neat, subsnntis
homes Of mill employees, mocha MICS AND
merchsnts. But few yoars ago Stan
ton had no place OF worship but the lit
tie plain Friends meeting house, whici
10 now almost without vorshiperr.
The two Orsns.on brothers, Jsmsi
srd Benz jsnip, however, faithful to th,
peaceful principles OF Fox, are alway,
iu their p aces, often nobody but the N
selves in close aud silent communion
with their Maker, but on seventh day
.he little meeting is increased 10 Z
dczan or two worshipers.
A very neat Prtsb! terrain church and
o still more neat and commodious M
4. church have in later years beer
erecssd. Rev. Mr.. Nelson, In charge al
Newport. breaches In the Methods g
church, but the Presby terian church Ii
~ present uneapplied.
Jacob Hyatt, we'll known In Viii
minst keeps the village hotel; Ben
ianin Dicksy, O. II. Dickey and Mrs
Walter Mitchell keep general merchan.
Idizing. Joseph H. Chambers has the
village smithery and deals In bardware c
phosphates, grain and agricultural i'm
plements. He intends TO build . ware.
house for the shipment Of grain at the
station at the Newark road and the Bal.
timore and Ohio RAILROAD. John Narvil
for 23 years has pounded on the artifi'
ciAl understandings OF the men, women
and children OF Stanton, aud he turas
out no shoddy boots and shoes. joseph
Kirk Is the village postm aster, and be-
sides keeps cigar and tobacco store.
i Mr.. Kirk has successfully interested
himself in raising stock company for
she building OF hall for public meet
lings aud for society meetings In the
village. the 6rst story of which will be
used by himself for a postoffice AID Q
store. All that the stockholders want
1ov is a lot upon which to build their
hall. This want will soon be supplied.
Stanton IL believed by ever, body TO
be on the eve of an induEtrial revolu-
ton that will bring 1t ont In flying
colors, free from every faint Of old
fogy lsrn. aad there is nobody in STAN
| sou bat what withet thi. may BIS SO.